Carline.



.5. MCB, AMES.

CARLINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY a, 1911.

Patented May 26, 1914.

is preferred that the carline shall diter;

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drawings, which illustrate the preferred form ofthe invention, though itis to be` understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings; Figure l is an elevational view of the improved carline secured in position upon the side plates of'a car, said side plates being shown lin section. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the carline. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views taken respectively on lines 3-3 and il-4e of Fig. 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. F 5 is afragmentary end view of a modified ,form of carliiie secured in position upon oneside plate, and Fig.l G is a further modification illustrating the carline of the other figures and provided with a tension tic rod, or strap, which ils riveted directly to the vertical portion of the car line and may be applied fte the designs 4shown in the other figures;

Referring to the parts;.F indicates the c'arline, generally speaking, which is pref' .erably formed from commercially rolled angle section suoli as is shown in the sectional view Flg. 4, wherein the vert-ical leg H is longer than 'the horizoi al G thereof and retains the fillet l iuffit lo commercially rolledsections ot niet l oe secured in position upon the side plates B-B by means of vertical and horizontal bolts passing through flanges of ,theA carline and through saidd side plates. As will be noted in the sectional view Fig. 3, the vertical flange H of the carline is bent inwardly beneath the horizontal ange G at l thereby Specification of Letters fatent.

retenir-ea Mayas, i914.

Application ed .Tilly 3, '1311. Serial-No. 636,689.

forming the end portions ofthe carline into relatively channel shape. f

The top flange G is continued asshown in I Figs. l, 5 and 6 so as to overlap the `side plates at 2 and continue downwardly on the outer sides thereof as shown at 3 inthe preferred construction. This flange 3 may continue downwardly as shown in Figs; 5

and 6 far enough to take the horizontal bolts S or it may terminate above said horizontal bolts as shown in Fig. 1, as mayl be preferred. The bottom fiange l is continued beyond the web H in the preferred construction and extends downwardly as shown at l in Figs. l and G, being perforated for thepassage therethrough of the horizontal bolt S, whilelin the modified construction' shown in Figo this flange is bent upwardly at 1b, extends over the side plate B and is provided with a. perforation coincident withl the perforation in the top flange G for the.

passage of the vertical securing bolt S, while the horizontal securing bolt extends only through the depending flange 3 whichv forms an extension of the top web portion G. To provide the depending Harige referred to, the vertical flange H-is cut away as best shown in Figs. 1 and '5,said vertical web Aportion terminating inside of, or between the side plates B-B Thus there isprovidcd a very strong, simple and economical carline which for all ordinary purposes, is sutiiciently stiff for service conditions. To reinforce the carline thus provided, there is added thereto, when desired, the tension tie rod 6l shown ir Fig. 6, which tension tie rod is secured by rivets 7 to the vertical leg H of the carline, resting pref-V erably upon the inturned flanges 1 thereof asbest shown in Fig. 6.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is Y l. in a carline, a member formed with channel shaped portions near its ends and a tension member secured to said channel shaped portions between its Vtop and bottom flanges.

Q. A carline comprising a cambered member with horizontal and.. vertical flanges with portions of the vertical anges bent inwardly to underlie portions of the horizontal ange and a tension member secured above said underlying portions.

a, carline, the combination of an 5 integral member comprising an angle member at the center thereof formed with channel-shaped portions at each end thereof, and a, tension member having its ends disposed betweenthe Hanges of the hannel portions of said member at each end thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand Vin the presence'of two witnesses.

JOHN MCE. AMES. Witnesses:-

FREDERICK H. GIBBs, OUIDA E. KINzEL. 

